David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. "Trees" climbing
It has been a tough day for Donald Rumsfeld. First, obviously, was that whole losing-his-job thing, a mere week after George W. Bush had threatened to keep him on as Defense Secretary for the duration of his Presidency.
And then, perhaps equally crushing, was ABC's announcement that it had picked up "Men in Trees" - a show that Rumsfeld absolutely hates - for the entire season, and was going to schedule it Thursdays at 10 following "Grey's Anatomy," replacing Rumsfeld's favorite series, "Six Degrees," beginning Nov. 30. (Other Rumsfeld favorites - which he refers to as "my stories" - include "The Flavor of Love," "Medium," "Ghost Whisperer," "Veronica Mars," "30 Rock," "Heroes" and, of course, the nuke-'em-back-to-the-stone-age saga "Jericho.")
ABC issued the requisite boilerplate blandishments and attributed them to Entertainment president Stephen McPherson: “We love these two shows ('Trees,' 'Degrees') and are excited at the promise they have shown. Thursdays will be a great platform for ‘MEN IN TREES’ to reach a larger audience.�
That last part is true, at least: The romantic-comedy is far move compatible with "Grey's Anatomy" than the pseudo-mystical-wildly-coincidental plot mechanics of "Six Degrees" (which, if you think about it, is just "Heroes" with fewer degrees, no superpowers and nothing remotely interesting going on), which ABC claims will return in January. If it in fact does resurface, then Mr. Rumsfeld will have more free time to keep up with it.